Cripes, I've been doing the men of our military for free for years. Do I have grounds for a lawsuit against these Sleazy-Come-Latelys?posted by RJ Reynolds at 10:22 AM on June 18, 2003

RJR: you could always apply for a job. Citing your previous experience could get your foot in the door to be sure :)posted by Space Coyote at 10:32 AM on June 18, 2003

foot in the door

I always figured that servicemen wouldn't be in to the wierd, kinky shit.posted by Ignatius J. Reilly at 10:35 AM on June 18, 2003

Some will, some won't, just like other people. But I suppose knowing you might get blown to bits the next day makes you more likely to say hey, carpe diem.posted by orange swan at 10:41 AM on June 18, 2003

[singing]

God Bless America....Land That I Love.....posted by jonmc at 10:41 AM on June 18, 2003

I always figured that servicemen wouldn't be in to the wierd, kinky shit.
Its only kinky the first time....posted by ElvisJesus at 10:46 AM on June 18, 2003

jonmc, I've got a whole new set of lyrics to God Bless America going on in my head now that you've brought it up in this context.posted by ursus_comiter at 10:48 AM on June 18, 2003

Good NY link dydecker.

The Bunny Ranch is four miles from my office (in a different county BTW, prostitution is illegal in Nevadas counties with, ahem, "urban" centers) and the source of some small amount of bemusement ... when locals like myself bother to consider it at all. I had not even realized that it was so popular. The notorious Mustang Ranch did the same for our hard-working troops following the Gulf War - actually I think it was operated by the Fed's at that time, too, which is even more amusing. Gotta love Nevada. It must be the only functioning Libertarian state.posted by elendil71 at 11:01 AM on June 18, 2003

Yeah, how dare they offer free access to all their content in return for spending ten seconds of your valuable time clicking through an ad. Bastards. They really suck. Argh.posted by ook at 11:44 AM on June 18, 2003

That's re: salon, of course, not the prostitutes. Hrm.

~wonders where you would click~posted by ook at 11:45 AM on June 18, 2003

I think that the day that whores have pop-up ads will be the day that Washington suddenly becomes anti-corporate.posted by Ignatius J. Reilly at 11:54 AM on June 18, 2003

Bonzai - i'll post a witty reply, right after these important messages...posted by triv at 2:06 PM on June 18, 2003

sorry Bonzai, i meant ook. oops. well, you get the idea right?posted by triv at 2:08 PM on June 18, 2003

I get the idea. Hey, I'd like to live in an ad-free world as much as the next guy -- unless IJR's product placement idea takes off -- but free content is free content, advertising or no. Interstitial ads are annoying, but not as annoying as actually having to dig out a credit card and pay for the thing. Not quite worthy of "passionate hate," I'm saying. Besides, it's not exactly a new development...

Can we get back to the jokes about hookers, now?posted by ook at 3:16 PM on June 18, 2003

Since it's that kind of thread, allow me to share this from Slashdot today.posted by yerfatma at 5:41 PM on June 18, 2003

"Oh I like that Baby. I put on my robe and wizard hat."

That was pretty funny, yerfatma...posted by GriffX at 5:59 PM on June 18, 2003

J-Dogg> Its cool stone cold she was a bitch anyway.
that was awesome, yerfatma.posted by juv3nal at 7:22 AM on June 19, 2003

Day later, I follow yerfatma's link, funniest thing I've read in weeks, thanks.posted by vito90 at 10:13 AM on June 19, 2003

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